Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator ChuckSchumer today released the following statement regarding gun safety proposals and legislation:  “Republicans in Congress and in the White House, led by President Trump, have held fast to the belief that better laws won’t curb the epidemic of gun...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the administration’s latest attempt at undermining the Affordable Care Act.  “Since day one, the Trump administration playbook on health care has been to sabotage the marketplaces, jack up costs...

In the wake of the tragic Parkland, Florida shooting that took the lives of 17 innocent individuals, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today revealed that the just-released White House budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 makes millions of dollars in cuts to the National Instant Criminal Background...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding special counsel Mueller’s indictments of Russian nationals and organizations for meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections:“Special Counsel Mueller’s indictments are further proof that Vladimir Putin...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the Commerce Department’s recommendations to impose new limits on steel and aluminum imports:“We’ve been asking over a year for the Trump administration to crack down on China’s predatory practices on...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the failure of President Trump’s immigration plan. “This vote is proof that President Trump’s plan will never become law. If he would stop torpedoing bipartisan efforts, a good bill would pass.”###

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding ongoing immigration negotiations:“This is one of the hardest issues Congress has had to grapple with in recent years. Each side has had to give a great deal, but we are closer than we have ever been to...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement regarding President Trump’s budget proposal: “It is utterly astounding that just six weeks after slashing taxes on the wealthy and biggest corporations, creating a huge deficit, the president asks older Americans and...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer released the following statement regarding President Trump’s infrastructure proposal:  “The president’s infrastructure proposal would do very little to make our ailing infrastructure better, but would put unsustainable burdens on our local...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s refusal to release the Democratic memo voted on by the House Intelligence Committee. “The President’s double standard when it comes to transparency is appalling. The rationale for...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement regarding the passage of the bipartisan budget agreement. “What makes Democrats proudest of this bill is that after a decade of cuts to programs that help the middle class, we have a dramatic reversal. Funding...

Just over one month into 2018, it’s clearer than ever that the GOP Tax Scam overwhelmingly benefits corporate CEOs and wealthy shareholders. While Republicans want working American families to thank them for $1.50 a week, corporate executives have been authorizing schemes to put billions in...

Senator Menendez Will Resume Role as Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - Senator Ben Cardin Will Return to Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee As Ranking Member Committee Changes Were Ratified By The Full Senate Democratic CaucusWashington,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today released the following statement calling on President Trump to quickly approve the release of the Democratic memo. “Now that the House Intelligence Committee has acted, the president should move quickly - in conjunction with the DOJ and FBI -...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement following Reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has decided to halt their probe into Equifax:“If you needed further proof that the Trump administration is rigging the...

After Release of Partisan, Selective Memo, Schumer Urges President Trump to Support Release of Democratic Memo To Ensure Whole Truth Is PublicIf President Trump Truly Believes Law Enforcement Acted Improperly, He Would Support the Release of More Information to Bolster His Case Schumer to...

Just-Released Partisan & Misleading Memo Seeks to Discredit The Russia Investigation, Deputy AG Rosenstein, and the Hard-Working Men & Women of the FBI as a Means of Protecting President TrumpTop Democrats in Both Chambers Pen Letter to President Trump Warning Him Against Using Nunes Memo As...

In the wake of Republicans’ massive corporate tax giveaways, big banks, oil and tobacco companies, and other corporations have announced more than $50 billion on stock buybacks in the first days of 2018. These buybacks flow directly to the pockets of corporate executives – not American workers....

Schumer’s Demands to Ryan to Rein in House GOP and Remove Rep. Nunes  from House Intelligence Committee Comes In Wake Of Recent Actions Taken By Nunes – Including News That He Changed A Committee-Approved Classified Document Before It Was Sent To The White House – And The Fact That, Under...

A Chief Russian Spy Official, Sergey Naryshkin, Was Allowed Into The U.S. Just Last Week To Meet With American OfficialsLeader Schumer Demands Answers From DNI Director Coats To Know Why The Red Carpet Was Rolled Out For Naryshkin, Only A Year After The U.S. Intel Community Unanimously Concluded...